Calendar-pad and mount therefor



W. Y. DEAR.

CALENDAR PAD AND MOUNT THEREFOR. APPLICATION man JUNE 28; 1921.

1,396,814. I 1 Patented Nov. 15, 1921 F gl. 7J-

citizen of the United To all whom it mamm- UNITED (STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IWIIJLIAM Y. DEAR, or JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

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Be it known that I WILLIAM Y. Dunn, a states of America, and a resident of thecity of Jersey C1ty, 1n the county of Hudsonand State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Imrovements in Calendar-Pads and Mounts I herefor, of which the following is a full,

of the metal, and thereby to permit its shipment as a rectangular package without increased bulk. Further objects are to afford a mount which ma be manufactured by a single stamping an bending operation from comparatively thin sheet metal and yet be of ample strength to maintain the pad 1n its inclined position with sufficient rigidity to support it while being written upon. Further desired features of advantage and i utility are attained by the construction hereinafter described, as will be made apparent.

W" 1a.,these objects in view, my invention stam ing from a sheet of metal of ately o. 28 gage, a substantially T-form reinforce; at the same operation, cutting two oppositely disposed tangs in the horizontal arms of the reinforce adapted to be bent up and to be inserted through the thickness of a calendar pad; in bending up said tangs and also two lateral flanges atjthe extremities of the arms to embrace the sides of the pad; in scoring two lines across these arms adjacent the tang-bases, and also in impressing a hairpin-shaped rib in the vertical leg of the reinforce, all at the one operation by suitably formed dies. My invention further consists in the mounting of a calendar pad uponsaid reinforce so as to constitute it a rectangular package substantially of the dimensions of the pad itself and adapted for shipment without increased bulk or risk of injury. Finally, my invention consists in the provision of such a calendar pad Patented Nov.15, 1921.

I Application filed June 28, 1921. Serial No. 481,094.

and mountasdescribed, capable of ready adjustment by the user so as to constitute said mount as a support when the horizontal arms are bent back along the scored lines, an operat1on. eas1lyperformed by reason of the reductlon of the metal by the cutting out of the prongs. When bent back from the pad, at right an les thereto, the flanges form a pair of feet or the legs thus formed, and, with the vertical portion of the T, a tripod support results. The vertical portion of the T reinforces the length of the pad and by virtue of the stiffening rib formed therein, maintalns the pad fiat against pressure, as bv writing thereon. '4

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, the invention is illustrated in its preferred structural embodnnent, in which drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the metallic reinforce as stamped; Fig. 2 is aperspective View of the re nforce as bent for application to the pad; F 1g. 3 is a view in horizontal elevation of a pad with the reinforce applied thereto and ready for packaging for shipment, underlv ng parts being shown in dotted outline; 1g. 4: is a perspective View of the reinforce removed from the pad to permit illustration of the method of bending manually for use as a stand; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3,but showing the amount as bent in Fig. f to form a stand.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the several figures, in which 1 is the vertical element of the T-shaped mount; 2 is one of the horizontal arms having the end 3 adapted toupward bending upon the line 4 to form a flange. 5 is a prong adapted to be bent upward to form a pad-penetrating means; 6 is an element adapted to form a leg; 9 is a stiffening bead of inverted U-shape. 10 is a pad to which the reinforcing mount has been applied. As clearly shown, two prongs and two flanges symmetrically disposed are formed, one set at each side of the median prolongation of the vertical element of the reinforcing mount, the metal whereof is preferably weakened on the lines 4 and 7 to facilitate its being bent. The manual bending of the lug-footed legs 6 is further facilitated by the cut away portion forming the prong without departure from the spirit of my disclosure thereof, I claim:

;1. In a mount for calendar pads, a onepiece metallic reinforce having upwardly bent prongs adapted to penetrate said pad, a pair of upturned lugs adapted to embrace said pad during shipment and to be bent downwardly to constitute supports therefor when in use, and a backing adapted to afiord a third support.

2. As an article of manufacture, a metallic blank of substantially T-shape having a stiffening-bead in the vertical member, two

portions of the horizontal members being adapted to be projected as prongs from the plane of the horizontal members, and a weakening of the metal on lines across the horizontal members on each side of the extension forming the vertical member, and adjacent and substantially parallel to the bases of the prongs, said weakening of the metal being adapted to facilitate bending thereof manually to form ofiset supports.

3. A calendar-pad mount consisting of a metallic reinforce adapted to engage three sides of said pad, and constituting a protective holder conformed thereto, the said mount comprising two elements adapted to be bent downwardly from the third element and to afford with the third element a tripod support for said pad when in use, the two downwardly bent elements being adapted to be bent again at right angles to themselves to form feet for said elements, the metal being weakened to facilitate and guide the several bendings, said mount further comprising two prongs projected upwardly from the plane of the third element and adapted to the pad thereon WILLIAM Y. DEAR. 

